Holding up in a room in front of a laptop or TV for anywhere upwards of six-plus hours is no longer frowned upon.

But for every seasoned binger on Netflix (what’s that you’ve seen ALL of Altered Carbon already?) there is always a newcomer about to pop their cherry.

And while Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul have moved on from their days running meth, it seems that there’s just something so damn addictive about their on-screen shenanigans as it’s the most popular show to binge on for first timers.

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This is all despite the show ending five years ago. In fact, it’s beaten out newer high end award-winning dramas, such as, Orange Is The New Black and Narcos (two and three respectively).

Bryan Cranston’s Walter White is so enigmatic that Breaking Bad has become the most popular binge for first-timers on Netflix (Picture: AMC)

There’s also some homegrown productions in the top 10 shows for British binging virgins on the streaming service, with The Inbetweeners rocking up at seventh place on the list.

Netflix’s most expensive in-house production, The Crown, nudges into the top 20 while Peaky Blinders and Gavin And Stacey are also on the list.

The results come after Netflix revealed more than 90% of members who joined since October 2012 have binge-watched a series at least once.

It defines a binge as completing at least one series of a show within seven days of starting it (but we all know a weekend has oh-so many hours in it…).

Netflix’s own huge drama, The Crown, also came in the Top 20 (Robert Viglasky/Netflix via AP)

The streaming service also revealed details of some of its biggest stars’ bingeing habits.

In typical Netlix style they’ve injected some Hollywood glitz and a smattering of humour to the whole thing, putting Ashton Kutcher and Jodie Foster and a number of other actors on camera, opening up about their first time watching television for hours on end.

‘I gotta tell you my first time was great,’ says Kutcher, while Mindhunter star Jonathan Groff adds: ‘It happened when I was 18 years old and I was on a bus.’

‘It lasts for about six hours non stop,’ says OITNB’s Dascha Polanco, while Jodie admits: ‘And I watched three seasons of Breaking Bad in three days.’

Question is, can you remember your first time?

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